Towards a definition of sustainable banking - a consolidated approach in the context of guidelines and strategies

International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility

Table 8 Consolidated result of the definition analysis on sustainable banking

Citation No.	Social, environmental, economic or cultural aspects				sustainable products and services			Funding and financing	Consideration and support of the interests of different groups			Resource management / ecological footprint		Sustainability code of conduct, strategy or ESG indexing			n=
Citation No.	Social / society	Ecological	Economic	Cultural	Price- differentiation	Risk assessment	Sustainability products	Projects / Measures / Activities	Customers	Specific issues (e.g., poverty, women’s quotas)	Stakeholder	Gouvernance	Resource use and utilization / environmental protection	Business strategy	ESG	Stability and solidity
1	x	x			x		x							x			5
2	x	x	x			x	x	x									6
3	x		x					x									3
4	x	x						x		x							4
5	x	x	x	x				x						x	x		7
6	x		x			x	x	x	x		x			x			8
7			x				x										2
8	x	x					x			x							4
9	x	x	x				x										4
10	x	x															2
11	x	x	x														3
12	x	x				x					x					x	5
13	x	x						x	x		x						5
14	x	x	x			x	x	x		x				x			8
15											x				x		2
16	x	x						x	x						x		5
17							x			x							2
18	x	x				x					x					x	5
19		x											x				2
20	x	x	x					x					x	x			6
21	x	x						x		x				x			5
22	x		x										x				3
23	x						x										2
24	x	x		x	x	x			x		x						7
25					x	x		x									3
26	x	x	x				x										4
27	x						x										2
28	x	x					x	x		x			x	x			7
29	x	x												x			3
30	x	x							x					x			4
31	x					x						x			x		4
32	x	x	x									x	x		x		6
33							x			x			x				3
34	x												x				2
35	x		x														2
36							x			x							2
37	x	x					x					x					4
38	x	x	x	x						x			x				6
39							x										1
40	x	x	x				x										4
41						x	x							x	x		4
n=	32	25	15	3	3	9	18	12	5	9	6	3	8	10	6	2